a bald head, and a redflannel cap, which he put onwhen he sawed. He worea short jacket and a little flatblack hat. His e n o r m o u strousers had nothing to markthem but patches and ampli-tude, while his thick cow-hideshoes seemed to inclose apair of hoofs instead of feet. He must have been six… … 94 RECOLLECTIONS OF AUTON HOUSE. mixture of the patriarch and the inebriate. He never laughed, butlived a lonely and dignified existence far above the heads of othermen. He was seldom in good spirits, but very frequently in bad ones.He really loved rum for rums sake, and his long throat made himan…
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